Overview

The Early in Career Recruiting team has an opening for a recruiting Sourcer & Program Specialist to join our fast-paced team passionate about hiring and program managing emerging talent globally! In this dual role, individuals will have extensive interaction with business leaders and future Merakians. The individual will spend roughly half their time building diverse talent pipelines and the other half developing our university & early career talent to grow with Meraki!

Responsibilities Include:

• Partner with Emerging Talent Program Manager to develop, coordinate and execute strategy for our early & emerging talent programs (e.g. internship, rotational programs, etc).
• Handle intern program calendar of events by securing speakers, working with vendors for virtual event strategy, performance management, and handling intern inquiries.
• Lead specific recruiting events by coordinating logistics and securing resources, interviews and evaluate, and conduct post event analysis.
• Handle direct diversity sourcing efforts by campaigning and contacting potential candidates via LinkedIn Recruiter, WayUp/Yello, and Handshake.

Requirements Include:

• 2+ years of recruiting experience, with at least one year of sourcing
• 1+ year of Internship, or other related early in career, program management experience
• Experience with diversity recruitment initiatives and strategies
• Prior experience with participating in large scale national recruiting events
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills; ability to interact with all team members and candidates with professionalism and tact; articulates ideas clearly and succinctly and deploys influence when necessary.

At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.